• Culture, Manchester, Music, Review

    Live Review: Janelle Monàe @ Castlefield Bowl | Manchester International Festival

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    By Janet LaFontaine  Arriving in Manchester after playing one of the most talked-about sets of Glastonbury Festival the previous weekend, Janelle Monàe turned the Castlefield Bowl into a giant celebration of inclusivity, soul, dance and future-funk that left the audience screaming for more and launched MIF 2019 in spectacular style. Since her debut in 2010…

  • Culture, Entertainment, Film, Manchester

    Review: David Lynch at HOME | Manchester International Festival

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    By Callum Baker Manchester’s HOME cinema is currently playing host to David Lynch’s surreal collection of sculptures, collages and paintings as part of this year’s Manchester International Festival. The festival is seeing various corners of the city transformed into venues for showcasing a dynamic curation of contemporary works across various art forms. What sets Lynch’s…

  • Culture, Entertainment, Manchester, Review

    Review: Invisible Cities | Manchester International Festival

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    By Louis Manchester Mayfield Railway Depot was a fitting space for this hugely ambitious project, which took two and a half years to go from inception to realisation. Once abandoned for over fifty years, Mayfield depot represents the lingering vestiges of Manchester’s renowned industrial past – now crumbling; iron rusting, water seeping through fissures. The…

  • Culture

    Review: TORUK – The First Flight

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    By Mike Hingston For years I personally believed that James Cameron had a near spotless record of productions with one exception being the 2009 film Avatar. I was left feeling disappointed with this film despite its amazing and awe inspiring graphics due to what felt like a lack of substantial narrative. For years the name…

  • Culture

    Interview: The Cast of TORUK

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    By Mike Hingston TORUK – The First Flight is a show inspired by James Cameron’s AVATAR, and created by Cirque du Soleil. The world premiere was held in Montreal in December 2015 and the show has been touring the world ever since. Following our preview earlier this month, aAh! were given the opportunity to speak…

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